I told my hunny I needed to have a partition between the loads, but the first load the guy was there to help stack on his front porch and the second stop, I couldn't dump in the driveway and block their car in, but he helped also.
Rain held off long enough for us to put together and deliver a load this morning. Oak and a little hickory, she wanted some kindling and smaller sticks as well this time. Re-split some tulip poplar to make 2 bundles of kindling and got her 1 gallon bucket of fat lighter (fatwood) Sadly, I lost my hookaroon my SS just gave me for Christmas, reckon they would send me another... my hunny might give it back...lol...I think she liked it. Thanks again to my SS for a great gift.
Great gift absolutely! How is that lighter knot supply of yours? I realize mine isn’t dwindling but seems to get smaller as I chip away the rotted part and get to the “candy”. A tiny bit sure goes a long ways in starting a fire but I know if I go seek it out in old logging forests I should happen to find it again if I need to. Tidy splits there sir, sure do love it!
Thanks. We still have a good supply of lighter wood. Still have a whole stump we haven't cut up yet, plus there are still some in the woods.
Got home this morning and got the tulip poplar logs moved to the PA. Then I heard a pitiful cry from the tool shed...checked it out...my huskihl XS029 big bore was starving, so I let her out to eat. I think she got full... just over 1 tank of gas to cut it all. Now we gonna get the splitter going.
We got'ter did yesterday, the rain held off mostly, had to stop one time. We finished before the second wave came through. Made it to the customer's house with just a sprinkle going on. I'm really enjoying the hookaroon, never had one before, thanks SS again and Backwoods Savage for telling me how useful it was. Glad to finally cut those tulip poplar logs up had them since April '18...turned out some pretty wood. Had some great help- in-training yesterday too. Checking out his "chips" Helping load the bucket And learning how to dump it Had a great time with him. After the 12 hr nite shift and all that wood, I went to bed early...
Had good weather yesterday to cut wood. We processed 2 loads of logs, got a stacked on dump trailer load to deliver to a customer this morning. Our neighbor, Mike came over and my MIL was here too, so we ran both splitters. When the rounds got to big to lift, we got the ramp boards out got her loaded for delivery All we have left in that area is a little hickory and a stack of cherry logs. Time to start processing some older logs and see what good wood we can get.
Love those pics of the ladies splitting and loading! I'm glad you had good weather, and extra help, I'm sure you all made short work of it. So you're starting to see the end of your backlog? I hope you find that most of it is still useable. With the warm climate you have, wood dries faster but maybe can rot faster too?
Thanks for the good weather wish, it came true. Made good time, I guess. We started about 8:30, getting set up, fuel up tractor, move both splitters and dump trailer, buck all the logs and made 2 piles, then started splitting and loading, the first cut on the main trunk was hollow/punky, took time to clean it up/less usable wood. Got through about 4:30... Yes ma'am, wood will get fungus on it quick down here with the heat and humidity. Some of the logs were iffy when I got them. We will see what's there. Going to start cutting more trees in the near future.
Great work, even greater the family operation. Jealous of the elbow room you have. It would be scary if i had that much room here. Did Ms. Carol let mom split a few?
Some nice looking premium quality firewood as always! Are most folks casual burners down there? Id imagine serious burners like yourself are rare, no?
No sir, mom was busy keeping up with both splitters. I feel like I'm running out of room sometimes too...got to hurry and finish the big shed. Probably wouldn't be any trees left in Connecticut... if you had 2 or 3 acres...
Some are casual, but several are regular customers. Most only burn a cord or so a year, but it all adds up.
